Roger Halstead's Home Page @

From Midland Michigan

Devoted to Aviation, the EAA & Midland's own EAA Chapter
1093

Taking the middle
road, or being able to see all points of view is considered an advantage.
However, instead of
serving as the voice of reason it usually makes you the focal point
for anger from both sides and adds to the
difficulty of making decisions.

These pages are designed in, and best viewed in 1024 X 768
Resolution
All pages and photos Copyright Roger Halstead 1996... 2013K8RI (Unique international radio
call sign identifier, March 1978 to 2011)

Current interests &
Hobbies:
:

I was
flying "The oldest Beech Debonair", but after flying it for 20 years,
I've finally hung it up and Thirty Three Romeo has a new owner and
home. It was built in September 1959. (It's the oldest of its type listed
by the FAA with a S# of CD-2 ) (Instrument rated Private Pilot)

I've been building an airplane. The Glasair
III which is a two seat, 335 MPH aerobatic hotrod powered by a 300 HP
K1A5 IO-540 Lycoming Engine. I currently have over 1300 hours in the
construction and it's finally beginning to look
like an airplane. Unfortunately health has put a stop to the work, so the entire
kit, plus
engine (300 HP Lycombing K1A5 IO-540), prop (Hartzel 3 blade) and all fixtures were sold. With nearly all fixtures on wheels, it
omly took a few hours to loas into a 26 foot truck. Of
coure that was the hottest day of the year with a heat index
of 107 "In Michigan!"

I'm also into Photography (Juried shows and one National Cover) ,

Amateur
Astronomy (past treasurer of the
Sunset Astronomical Society), Here too, I'm having to make some changes.
I used to put tke big Mead LX-10 (with mount and tripod) on my shoulders and
just carry it out in the yard.
TheLX-10 is for sale and
will be replaced by a 6 or 7" Refractor with a "go to" drive.

Amateur Radio (call is K8RI--Extra Class) -- Past President and Vice
President of the Midland Amateur
Radio Club, past repeater trustee on 147.00 MHz, and Life Member of
the American Radio Relay League ( ARRL ) The
national association for Amateur Radio.

play Guitar-- Well... play at it

Writing (published -- never could spell though)

I was also quite active
(and successful) in competetive trap shooting, but that was a long
time ago. (1970's)

quite a bit of reading (mostly sci-fi), and...

Computers. I
build my own and they have gone through many incarnations over the years.
I've upgraded one to an AMD FX 8350 (8core @4.4 GHz) 16 Gig
of ( 4 X 4 GB)DDR3 2400 RAM. and a R7970 Black edition video card. I'm
nearly finished on a second one using the AMD 4170 quad core CPU @ 4.2
GHz and similarly configured. I have the parts to do one more 8350 and 2 4170s.. They are on a one Gig
CAT6 network

I was also an
active volunteer and past Computer Chairman working for the EAA Homebuilders Center
and the AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh for quite a few years.

It'd take a paper to list all the
attirbutes of the EAA, but
The Experimental Aircraft Association, simply known as the EAA, is
a
world recognized organization of aircraft designers, builders, test
pilots,
people who love to fly, and those who are just plain interested in
aviation.

For one week every year The EAA holds the World's largest fly-in
at Oshkosh Wisconsin. Although officially renamed AirVenture, to those of
us who regularly make the trip it will always be referred to as Oshkosh!
For that one week Whitman Field at Oshkosh becomes the busiest airport
in the world. For the week of AirVenture, Whitman Field has more movements per
day than Chicago's O'Hare Airport and they do it with just two active runways
and during daylight hours only. It's not unusual to see as many as 25
airplanes in the pattern at one time.

You will find aircraft from all over
the world including the latest military offerings as well as the seeds of
future aircraft for decades to come.

There may be as many as 12,000 aircraft attending the
fly-in
with both civilian and military aircraft represented from around the
world.

The American Dream exists ONLY in the heart and mind and
can be achieved
only with Ambition and Imagination!

Questions and Observations!

How many people do you know that will spend fifteen dollars, to
drive
twenty miles, to save two dollars on a five dollar item?

People will spend thousands to save hundreds?
Governments will spend Billions to save Millions! OK, now I have to update this because they
spend Billion to save millions. Don't blame them -- They're us!

Of course you could get out
and vote, take back the government, get rid of the progressives on both
sides of the aisle, Remember that subsidies are more habbit
forming than smoking because once you take them you become dependent on them.

All these mottoes and observations and I don't even have a bumper
sticker!

A Listing of My Pages
Our Christmas Cat (Rhyme)
First Flights (Story)
My Glasair III Diary (Story/Builders Diary)
Science Links
Pictures of and From 833R (Pictures of the oldest production Beech
Debonair
-- Built in 1959)
Who Am I ( Short Autobiography)
What Do I Do? ( Very short description )

If you have comments or suggestions on Content or spelling, (Proof
readers
welcome!) email me at Roger Halstead